Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 45935
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45935.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ambakireny
Ampandrana
Andriamena
Andrianady
Bekapaika Commune
Betrandraka Commune
Brieville
Keliloha Commune
Manakana Commune
Sakoamadinika Commune
Sarobaratra Commune
Tsararova Commune
Tsaratanana Commune

Latitude: 17°15'42"S
Longitude: 47°28'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.261666666667,47.470555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Garnet
Graftonite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Thortveitite
Topaz	Triplite	Valleriite	Wurtzite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mg Nb O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bismutite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Garnet
Graftonite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Thortveitite
Topaz Triplite Valleriite Wurtzite Zircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Mg) ()*
Cubanite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graftonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Liandratite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Massicot ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petscheckite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*
Thortveitite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Triplite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	79173	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	79145,79148	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	79153,79158,79159,79160,79162,79186	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	79158	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	79172,79173	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	79173	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	79144,79197	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	27	79139,79141,79142,79143,79151,79152,79153,79158,79159,79160,79161,79162,79166,79167,79168,79171,79179,79182,79183,79184,79185,79186,79188,79189,79195,79198,79199	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	79198	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	79197,79198	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	79151,79198	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	4	79151,79158,79184,79198	716
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	1	79198	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	79173	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	79198	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	79173	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	79144,79170,79173	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	79145,79148,79177,79179,79187	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	79145	1756
Columbite-(Mg) ()*	Columbite	MgNb₂O₆	0		8
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	79173	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	79173	180
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	12	79149,79151,79152,79153,79158,79159,79160,79162,79166,79167,79186,79189	414
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	79198	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	79172,79173,79196	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	79144,79174,79175,79176,79197	30554
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	1	79183	107
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	79159,79160	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	79158	5591
Liandratite ()*	None	U⁶⁺Nb₂O₈	1	79159	21
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	79145	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	79193	770
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	79173	202
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	79173	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	79139,79199	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	79173	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	79153,79158,79159,79160,79161,79162,79164,79167,79179,79186	17380
Petscheckite ()*	None	U⁴⁺Fe²⁺Nb₂O₈	1	79159	4
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	79183	182
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	79173	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	79173	733
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	1	79198	53
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	79173	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	79173,79196,79197	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	79193	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	79173	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	79139,79141,79152,79153,79158,79159,79160,79161,79162,79166,79167,79173,79188,79189,79197	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	79183	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	79151,79155,79159	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	8	79151,79153,79155,79156,79158,79159,79183,79186	353
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	79173	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	79159,79164	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	79173	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	79145,79148,79187	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	79151,79189	1006
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	1	79164	54
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	79139,79198,79199	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	79145	2562
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	79183	233
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	79173	237
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	79164	652
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	79173	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	10	79151,79152,79153,79155,79162,79164,79166,79183,79186,79198	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	8	79145,79151,79153,79159,79160,79164,79189,79190	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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